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Deepthi T.B
Resmi C.R
Vitamin-A deficiency is one of the most important causes of preventable childhood blindness. Improperly managed Vitamin -A deficiency leads to many complications which reveal the importance of the role of mothers in Vitamin -A deficiency disorders since they are the primary care givers of a child. Planned teaching programme offers one of the most cost effective strategies to approach communities and families. Hence, the study was undertaken to assess the effect of planned teaching prog ramme on knowledge regarding Vitamin -A deficiency disorders among mothers of under five children in a selected community under Ollukara Block Panchayat, Thrissur. The objectives of the study were to assess the level of knowledge regarding Vitamin -A deficiency disorders among mothers of under five children, to evaluate the affect of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding Vitamin -A deficiency disorders among mothers of under five children and to associate the level of knowledge regarding Vitamin -A deficiency among mothers of under five children with their selected demographic variables. The design of the study was one group pre -test post test design conducted over 30 mothers selected by using convenience sampling. Pre-test was done using structured knowledge questionnaire followed by planned teaching on Vitamin –A deficiency disorders. Post -test was done after 10 days and the analysis showed that there is a significant increase in knowledge score regarding Vitamin -A deficiency disorders (t = 12.105, p = <0.01). There is no significant association between knowledge score of mothers regarding Vitamin-A deficiency disorders and selected demographic variables. The study concluded that planned teaching programme was effective.
Keywords: Effect;planned teaching programme; Knowledge; Vitamin-A; Mothers of under five children